History Timeline
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Updated: 23 Feb 2023
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Julius Caesar's failed invasion of BritainBuilding of Hadian's Wall ordered by Roman Emperor Hadrian - marks edge of Roman powerEarliest Humans in BritainEarliest Human remains foundNeanderthals first visited BritainBritain becomes an island due to rising waterFirst FarmersStonehengeRomans advance through Southern England and Wales halted by Boudicca, Queen of East AngliaRoman conquest resumes with Wales and the northRomans conquer Scottish Tribes - shortlivedScottish Tribes invade parts of EnglandBritain invaded by Irish raiders, Picts, Saxons, and JutesBritain fights back against Saxon invasion - halted advance for 500yearsChristian British converted the invading pagan Angles and Saxons to ChristianityNorthumbrian domination succeeded by Mercia in the midlandsFirst Viking InvasionsThe Viking 'Great Army' invaded all England except WessexKing Edward from Wessex defeats the Vikings and ScotsEngland back under Viking possessionWessex successor becomes KingThe Battles of 1066Domesday BookMurder of St Thomas BecketMagna CartaPrince Louis of France invades until 1217Conquest of WalesThe Black DeathMassacre of the Jews in YorkPope removed as Head of Church of EnglandAttempted Spanish invasionThe Gunpowder PlotThe Civil WarThe Great PlagueGreat Fire of LondonAct of Union with Scotland - unified Great BritainSeven Years War til '63Capt Cook claimed AustraliaSlave Trade AbolishedSlave Trade made IllegalStart of Industrial RevolutionBattle of WaterlooIrish Famine 1845-49Anglo-Irish WarsWall Street CrashIrish IndependanceCreation of NHSMiners StrikeTim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide WebFirst vaccine invented - SmallpoxFall of Berlin Wall
- end of Cold WarInvention of the Wheel
in MesopotamiaInvention of Printing PressInvention of CarsInvention of TVInvention of mobile phonesEarhart crosses AtlanticInvention of the sail
in EgyptInvention of writing
in MesopotamiaFounding of first cities
in SumeriaModern alphabet inventedBattle of Marathon: the Greeks repel a Persian invasion,
securing the survival of Greek culture and scienceEmpire of Alexander the Great
reaches into IndiaFounding of the Roman EmpireFirst use of modern paperUnification of China under
the Western Chin dynastyRoman Emperor Constantine
converts to ChristianityGenghis Khan begins
his conquest of AsiaChristopher Columbus
discovers Americastart of Protestant ChristianityIsaac Newton publishes
Principia MathematicaFrench RevolutionPublication of Darwin’s
The Origin of SpeciesEinstein’s theory of
special relativityThe Habsburg and Ottoman
empires collapsefirst nuclear bomb is detonatedCommunist China foundedFirst contraceptive pill made
available for women`Euro' becomes the official
currency of 12 European countriesMona Lisa
- Da VinciGirl with a Pearl Earring
- VermeerThe Starry Night
- Van GoghThe Kiss
- KlimtThe Birth of Venus
- BotticelliArrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
- WhistlerThe Arnolfini Portrait
- EyckNew
eventThe Garden of Earthly Delights
- BoschA Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
- SeuratLes Demoiselles d’Avignon
- PicassoThe Scream
- MunchThe Persistence of Memory
- DaliThree Musicians
- PicassoThe Night Watch
- RembrandtWater Lilies
- MonetThe Flower Carrier
- RiveraAmerican Gothic
- WoodCafe Terrace at Night
- Van GoghThe Son of Man
- MagritteesNo. 5, 1948
- PollockDogs Playing Poker
- CoolidgeThe First Folio
- ShakespeareOedipus the King
- SophoclesAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Lewis CarrollMahabharata
- VedasNineteen Eighty Four
- George OrwellDracula
- Bram StokerPride and Prejudice
- Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby
- FitzgeraldJane Eyre
- BrontePeriods
PrehistoricRomansEarly MedievalMedievalTudorsStuartsGeorgiansVict20th CHunters and GatherersBronze AgeIron AgeWillam IWilliam IIHenry IStephen IHenry IIRichard IJohn IHenry IIIEdward IEdward IIEdward IIIHundred Years War with FranceRichard IIHenry IVHenry VHenry VIEdward IVRichard IIIEdward VHenry VIIHenry VIIIEdward VIMary IElizabeth IJames ICharles IEnglish Commonwealth - CromwellCharles IIJames IIWilliam and MaryAnne IGeorge I - intro of German HanoversGeorge IIGeorge IIIRevolutionary War of AmericaGeorge IVWilliam IVVictoriaEdward VIIWW1George VEdward VIIIGeorge VIWW2Elizabeth IIMigration ArtByzantineInsularRomanesqueGothicEarly RenaissanceHigh RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Venetian SchoolMannerism/Late RenaissanceBaroqueRococo/Late BaroqueNeoclassicismRomanticismRealismArts and Crafts movementAmerican RegionalismModernismImpressionismPost ImpressionismSymbolismArt NouveauExpressionismFauvismCubismDadaismSurrealismAbstract ExpressionismContemporaryPost ModernPop ArtOp ArtConceptual ArtGreek/RomanEarly Christian
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